I’m not sure how anyone can defend Gott as a good coach, even with 1 Elite 8 and the extra pair of sweet 16s. In my book, good coaches are consistent, with teams that give solid effort every night, are fundamentally sound, and adapt to the personnel and officiating and the way the game changes. There have been a few years of those sprinkled in at best. And I say that as one who was baptized by fire living with SEC grad roomies during his stint at Bama.
What he is is opportunistic, a really good recruiter/salesman, and an above average motivator. He capitalized on a very weak SEC, inherited a very strong nucleus in Raleigh, and has underperformed here every year since the first. Every single one. An average coach can win in Raleigh. That’s been proven. You don’t have to be good or great. He’s neither.
